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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan has officially launched the national crypto council to regulate and integrate blockchain technology and digital assets into the country’s financial system. The development comes following the recent appointment of Bilal bin Saqib as Chief Advisor to the Finance Minister for the management of digital assets. India … Read more

An Iranian woman, without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walks in downtown Tehran, Iran. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those protesting the law, a … Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources … Read more

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gives a speech while attending Ramadan Solidarity Iftar with thousands of Rohingyas, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has discussed with Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus the country’s domestic issues and the Rohingya situation and expressed … Read more

The IMF and the Pakistani authorities made significant progress toward reaching a Staff Level Agreement on the first review of the Extended Fund Facility. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission after a key visit to Pakistan acknowledged that the country achieved a strong implementation of the $7 billion loan programme … Read more

A man walks on a street during a general blackout in Havana on March 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Cuba suffered a massive power outage Friday (March 14, 2025) ight affecting Havana and the country’s provinces that left millions in the dark. Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said at around 8:15 pm local … Read more

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (March 14, 2025) that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and even before he even took office. Mr. Trump was … Read more

In this file photo a man checks a cracked wall that was possibly caused by an earthquake in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood. | Photo Credit: AP A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca on Friday (March 14, 2025) evening, Mexican authorities and the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit near … Read more

The flag of the Islamic State for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AP The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi Prime Minister announced Friday (March 15, 2024). “The Iraqis … Read more

President Donald Trump speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. on March 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not want Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders who visited him to see the tents and graffiti near federal buildings in Washington D.C. and has ordered the … Read more